Can opener



Jan. 1, 1924 J. TRIMBLE CAN OPENER Filed 001'.. 5. 1922 nvanto'v Jahn Zn'anie Patented Jan. 1, 1924. y "i Y ,il v i l, Y 194,?@9342 D UNiTEDsTA-ifes ,parme pega; J

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can.. crimine? y Y Application led October, 1922. Serial No. 592,014.`

To all wkomi may concer-n." vnutr17 is mounted thereon. Shoulder 15;en- Be it known that I, JOHN -TRiMBLE, a gages the under face of bottom 7y and-nut 17"V citizen of the United States, residingfat @engages the top face so that pin' 14 may be Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia adjusted tovariouspositions in the slotl and State of Pennsylvania, have invented clampedin adjusted'position. Y 1'60r certain new and useful Improvements in Pin 14 `'s tapered to its Vvlower eXtrem-ity Can Openers, of which the followingis a and'exten'ds atan angle to the shank pref-V Specicatiom Y Y ,j erably inthe direction of the length of bot- My invention relates to can openers. tom 7. A cutter blade 18 is detachably Y The Objects 0f the invention are t0V pro-V mOllIited Oni/he Outer face 0f One end 8 at 65 Y vide a can opener of simple and novel con- 2' 19We1 @Omer 0f frame 6, byrsuitable fasstruction, which may be economically manutenings such as screws19. The cutter bladel factured and conveniently used to cut the extends below the frame, is tapered to its end of a can, to provide means whereby the rlower end and has oppositely beveledY cutdevice may be adjusted to vary the diameter tuig edges20.l 1 70 of the cut, means for preventing displace- .he center pin serves as anaxis -upon ment of the device .from the @an end, and which the cutter bladeV rotates and byVV admeans for causing the severed part to adhere Justlng .it toward or from the cutter blade, t0 the Opener, the device Vmay be used to cut openings of 20 These objects, and other advantageous the desireddiameter upon cans ofrdierent 75 'Y ends which will be described hereinafter, I sizes. n attain in the following manner, reference In use, center pin 14 is forced into the cen? bein had to the accompanying drawings ter of one end of a can 22, as shown in in w ich... Figure 4 of the drawings, the pin havingV Y Figure 1 is a side elevation of the imbeen adjusted Vto extend toward the endof vS0` proved can Opener, Y l the frame opposite thatto which the cutter` Figure 2 is an end elevation looking to- Yblade is secured. The cutter blade is forced ward the cutter blade, into the end'of the can, and then the frame Figure 3 is a bottom plan view of'thecan S turned O11 pin 14 end One 0fV the'edges 0f Y opener, Y blade 18 cuts a circular opening in the can. 85 Figure 4 is a central vertical longitudikBy extending pin 14at an angle, it prevents nal sectional view of the can opener applied the device from being displaced during the to a can in the act of cutting a round open- Cuttlng operation.V Thesevered part of the in in one end thereof, and Y v y can adheres t0 the bent end 0f the pin igure 5 is an `enlarged detachable secand may be lifted with the opener without 90 tional view of a center pin forming part of scraping or cutting the hands on its'jagged v the device. edges. Y .1 Y Y In the drawings, the improved can opener While I have described my invention as is shown as comprising a metallic frame 6, takinga particular form, it will be under# 40 preferably of oblong shape. This frame stood that the various parts of my invention 95 may be cast in one piece, or may be produced may be changed without departing from the from a strip of bar metal bent to form a spirit' thereof, and hence I do not limit mybottom 7, ends 8 and a top 9 at the center self to the precise construction setforth, but of which, the ends of the strip are brought consider that I am at liberty to make such together and abut as indicated at 10. changes and alterations as fairly come with-V 100 A handle 11, preferably of wood, fastened p in the scope of the appended claims. A to the top of the frame, as by means of Having thus described my invention, what l screws 12, connects the Vends of the strip and I claim as new and desire to secure byrLetproduces a rigid frame. The bottom is roters Patent is substantially throughout its length, and a frame bent from astrip to form bottom,`

center pin 14 is mounted in the slot. This sides and top, the bottom having a longif pin has an enlargement or shoulder 15 and tudinal slot; a hand grip connected to the a shank 16 extending upwardly throughslot top and joining the ends of the strip; a 55 13. The shank is preferably threaded and a f center pin adjustablein the slot andV having 110 -0 vided with a longitudinal slot 13 exten ing 1. A can opener comprising an oblong A101iYV Y Y clamping means engaging oppostefaces of the bottom, and a .cutter bladecarried by one side of the frame. Y

2. A can opener comprising an oblong frame bent from a strip yto forni bottom,

sides and top, the botton vhaving a longi-V tudinal slot; a hand-grip connected tothg top and joining the ends of the strip; an angular center pin adjustable in the-slot and 10 having clamping means engaging opposite 15 the ends of the strip.; centering means on the frame, and cutting means: on the 'fralne.k 4. A can opener comp-rising a strip kbent to form a frame and havingraits endsebjutting each other; a hand grip secured adjavcent the. ends oft-he strip; centering means VQn the" frame, and cutting means yonthe frame. Y Y

`5.. e can openerecompasng a strip bent to form a rane havinga" bottom, sides and. t op,=the ends of the strip abutting each other at the top; a hand grip secured to the top; centering meanson-thepbottom, and cutting means on the frame. *n

In testimony whereof I have signedl my name to this specification in the presence of two subsor'ibing'witnesses. Y 5' y JOHN TRIMBLE. V

Witnesses: Y

Crus. E. Poms, v ELIZABETH GARBE. 

